NAME

getdiskbyname − get disk description by its name

SYNOPSIS

#include <disktab.h>

struct disktab ∗
getdiskbyname(name)
char ∗name;

DESCRIPTION

Getdiskbyname takes a disk name (e.g. rm03) and returns a structure describing its geometry information and the standard disk partition tables.  All information obtained from the disktab(5) file.

<disktab.h> has the following form:

/∗
 ∗ $Header: /smsa/bsd:include/disktab.h:bsd  1.5  $
 ∗ $Source: /smsa/bsd:include/disktab.h: $
 ∗
 ∗ Copyright (c) 1988 Acorn Computers Ltd., Cambridge, England
 ∗/
/∗
 ∗ Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
 ∗ All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 ∗ specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 ∗
 ∗@(#)disktab.h5.2 (Berkeley) 10/1/85
 ∗/
 #ifndef __disktab_h
#define __disktab_h
 /∗
 ∗ Disk description table, see disktab(5)
 ∗/
#defineDISKTAB"/etc/disktab"
 structdisktab {
char∗d_name;/∗ drive name ∗/
char∗d_type;/∗ drive type ∗/
intd_secsize;/∗ sector size in bytes ∗/
intd_ntracks;/∗ # tracks/cylinder ∗/
intd_nsectors;/∗ # sectors/track ∗/
intd_ncylinders;/∗ # cylinders ∗/
intd_rpm;/∗ revolutions/minute ∗/
intd_badsectforw;/∗ supports DEC bad144 std ∗/
intd_sectoffset;/∗ use sect rather than cyl offsets ∗/
structpartition {
intp_size;/∗ #sectors in partition ∗/
shortp_bsize;/∗ block size in bytes ∗/
shortp_fsize;/∗ frag size in bytes ∗/
} d_partitions[8];
};
 structdisktab ∗getdiskbyname(char ∗);
 #endif/∗__disktab_h∗/
 /∗ EOF disktab.h ∗/

SEE ALSO

disktab(5)

BUGS

This information should be obtained from the system for locally available disks (in particular, the disk partition tables). 

4.2 Berkeley Distribution  —  Revision 1.2 of 19/10/88